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Rickettsial diseases are generally classified under the causes of Fever of unknown origin (FUO) and high prevalence of this disease is found in developing countries like India. Due to the difficulties in clinical diagnosis and lack of laboratory methods in many geographical areas it is an underestimated public health problem. Mortality may be as high as 30-40% if untreated. This is a retrospective study conducted to estimate the prevalence of rickettsial diseases among the patients visiting a tertiary care center in rural southern India for a period of 18 months.

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Rickettsial disease is one among the most common re-emerging disease and untreated cases having fatality rates as high as 30-35% and since it is a cause of fever of unknown origin(FUO) it needs to be differentiated from other febrile illnesses. The present study was performed at a tertiary care Centre in Bangalore after taking Ethical Clearance from the Institution’s Ethical Committee. All 101 Paediatric patients admitted in the Paediatric department of M. S. Ramaiah Hospitals were included in the study in the year 2015. The study revealed 5.

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